Bug#380281: update-grub doesn't update vmlinuz and initrd.img entries correctly

[Jason Thomas]

That value comes from a configuration option in menu.lst.  It is not
automatic.  You need to edit menu.lst

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 07:11:59PM -0300, Gleidson Echeli Leopoldo wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-12
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi, i compile my own kernel and installed today. I observed that
> update-grub doesn't update the menu.lst correctly. My vmlinuz and
> initrd.img are in /boot on hda1 (hd0,0) partition. However the
> update-grub write in menu.lst such as hda2 (hd0,1). I did run
> update-grub any times and the result was the same.
> 
> The command was:
> 
> # update-grub
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... found:
> (hd0,0)/boot/grub/splashimages/debianpink.xpm.gz
> 
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17.7-quimera
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
> 
> 
> And the relevant content of menu.lst is:
> 
> ...
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17.7-quimera
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17.7-quimera root=/dev/hda2 ro
> console=tty0
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17.7-quimera
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17.7-quimera (recovery mode)
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17.7-quimera root=/dev/hda2 ro
> console=tty0 single
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17.7-quimera
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 root=/dev/hda2 ro
> console=tty0
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 (recovery mode)
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 root=/dev/hda2 ro
> console=tty0 single
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
> savedefault
> boot
> ...
> 
> The lines would have to be:
> 
> ...
> root 		(hd0,0)
> kernel 		/boot/vmlinuz ... root=/dev/hda1 ...
> ...
> 
> ---
> Gleidson
> 



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